For the fashion magazine's most anticipated issue of the year, the entertainer was given "an unprecedented amount of control" and hired 23-year-old photographer Tyler Mitchell, the first black photographer to shoot a cover in the publication's 126-year history. She opened up about having toxemia after birthing the twins, advocating for young artists of color, and researching her ancestry, among other things.

The cover surfaced just six days after the September issue of British Vogue, featuring fashion icon Rihanna also rocking a floral headpiece on the cover.

@voguemagazine @Beyonce rihanna’s insecure fans need to humble themselves and stop being jealous whenever Beyoncé does anything these were from 2015 and 2017, Rihanna wasn’t nowhere near the first to wear a flower crown https://t.co/BHtsiFuyOl

And receipts were pulled, tho we don't really know how accurate they are.

And while the feud was indeed an entertaining scroll, this tweet from @dionnebernice_ trumped them all: "Or we could just celebrate the beauty and awesomeness of both of them...? Lol acting as if people haven't been wearing flower crowns for ages. Give it a rest."

@Beyleesii @RealHKS @FKANormani @voguemagazine @Beyonce Or we could just celebrate the beauty and awesomeness of both of them...? Lol acting as if people haven't been wearing flower crowns for ages. Give it a rest.